A former property agent, charged by the ICAC, was today (May 26) convicted at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts of fraud for inducing her then employer not to collect an agency commission of $47,800 from a tenant by concealing a leasing transaction she had procured.

A Police Constable, charged by the ICAC, today (May 26) admitted at the Shatin Magistrates’ Courts that he had placed illegal bets totalling over $320,000 with a bookmaker on football matches and baccarat. The illegal betting activities were revealed in the course of a corruption investigation by the anti-graft agency.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the ICAC will open up its facilities on three weekends in July for members of the public to learn first-hand about Hong Kong’s anti-corruption history and the Commission’s latest initiatives.

A person charged by the ICAC was today (May 24) sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment at the District Court for engaging in illegal conduct at the 2016 Legislative Council (LegCo) General Election (the Election) by incurring election expenses totalling over $253,000 for placing six advertisements in two newspapers while he was neither a candidate nor an election expense agent.

A third-tier subcontractor of a works project at a hotel, charged by the ICAC, was today (May 24) sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts after being convicted of bribing a staff member of the main contractor for releasing an outstanding payment for the project.

A former consultant of the Centre for Health Protection (CHP), charged by the ICAC, today (May 23) admitted at the District Court that he had committed misconduct in public office (MIPO) and fraud by abusing his official capacity for personal gain in tuberculosis (TB) drug testing and other services, worth totalling over HK$4.2 million, provided by the CHP to three international and overseas health organisations.

Six persons charged by the ICAC with bribery and vote-rigging at the 2016 Legislative Council General Election (the Election) were today (May 20) ordered by the Court of Appeal (CA) to serve up to 23 months in jail after a review of their sentences. They were among the 11 defendants jailed for up to 12 months for taking part in the above scam for arranging over 100 persons to register as members of a professional organisation with false qualifications and to become electors of the Information Technology Functional Constituency (ITFC) of the Election to facilitate them to vote for a particular candidate. Of the six persons, four of them were associated with a taxi association.

A former employee of a footwear retailer and a production company operator, charged by the ICAC, were today (May 19) convicted at the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts of conspiracy to defraud over a decoration project of the footwear retailer involving over $300,000.

An employee and a former director of two air-conditioning maintenance contractors were charged by the ICAC last Friday (May 13) with offering bribes totalling about HK$1.5 million to a former director of a hotel group for air-conditioning maintenance contracts of one of its hotels in Macao involving around HK$22 million.

Two candidates on the same nomination list of the 2020 Legislative Council (LegCo) General Election (the Election) for the New Territories West Geographical Constituency, charged by the ICAC, were today (May 16) both sentenced to three weeks’ imprisonment at the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts for failing to lodge an election return as required by the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (ECICO).